5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Jan. 26, 2018) Royal Navy HMS Sutherland (F81) conducts underway training during a vertical replenishment at sea with USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3). The expeditionary mobile base platform supports Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51, 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade’s (TF 51/5) diverse missions that include crisis response, airborne mine countermeasures, counter-piracy operations, maritime security operations and humanitarian aid/disaster relief missions while enabling TF 51/5 to extend its expeditionary presence in the world’s most volatile regions. ( Na

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5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS (Jan. 26, 2018) Royal Navy HMS Sutherland (F81) conducts underway training during a vertical replenishment at sea with USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB 3). The expeditionary mobile base platform supports Naval Amphibious Force, Task Force 51, 5th Marine Expeditionary Brigade’s (TF 51/5) diverse missions that include crisis response, airborne mine countermeasures, counter-piracy operations, maritime security operations and humanitarian aid/disaster relief missions while enabling TF 51/5 to extend its expeditionary presence in the world’s most volatile regions. ( Navy

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